Zach Galifianakis chats with THR at the season four premiere of 'Only Murders in the Building' and jokes about playing a heightened Hollywood version of himself. Plus, he shares his respect for Steve Martin and Martin Short as "American Comedy Gods."
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00:00So you played the character that's playing Martin shorts character in this movie. What was it like working with him on this season?
00:07Have you met that guy? Have you interviewed him? I
00:11Have to say he that guy's gonna live so long because his inner child has never left him
00:18he's
00:20So such a lovely funny man. It was
00:25It was one of the nicest if not the nicest working experience I've had
00:30What was it like playing a heightened version of yourself?
00:35Well, I
00:39Haven't seen it. So I I don't know. It's just I
00:45There really isn't a Hollywood version of myself
00:49So, I mean look at me I taped my shirts so they fit
00:54So I'm not this town is weird
00:57But
01:00It's funny to play yourself because I don't know if I did it, right
01:03I'm not sure if I got it, right the character, but we'll see we'll see
01:08What made you want to join the cast of this show and be a part of it?
01:14Someone told me that it will be so much fun to work on because they had already worked on it a friend of mine had
01:19worked on it and
01:21They said it will be such a great job you will not want to leave and that person was right and
01:28It was just I heard it was a lot of fun and also Martin Short and Steve Martin are in the show. So
01:36To say legends is not even
01:39Quite right. They're just
01:42They're American comedy gods and it's just really kind of interesting to be in there in their wake
01:49What was it like watching those two legends work on set boring no, um, it was good it was fun it was
01:56It's it's it's fun to hear them talk back and forth and their banter to each other
02:01Which is basically their stage show, but it continues offstage, which is kind of fun
02:08This is kind of a left-field question
02:10But I was reading an article that suggested you as someone who could play JD Vance on Saturday Night Live
02:15Is that something you'd ever want to do or would you not want to weigh into that?
02:18I think you're confused. I I used to be a guy named DJ Vance and my old spinning days back in New York
02:27No, I my sister texted me something about that. I I mean, I think it's just because I have a beard, you know
02:35You're a funny guy
02:36Just like JD Vance
02:38Hilarious just like JD